Our Town Events

Two workshops on college funding have been scheduled by speaker Angie Grimm of College Solutions LLC of Amarillo.

The first is at 7 p.m. Thursday in the cafeteria at Amarillo High School, 4225 Danbury St. Among the topics are eligibility for financial aid, constructing a plan for upcoming college costs and selecting colleges with the best financial aid packages. The same topics will be covered in a workshop at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 in the cafeteria at Caprock High School, 3001 E. 34th Ave.

The workshops are free, but reservations are required. For reservations and information call 373-2392 or visit www.collegesolutionsllc.com.

The Arredondo Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will present an information workshop on facts about the new DAR, finding ancestors and collecting and organizing records beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Central Branch Library, 413 E. Fourth Ave. Admission is free.

The Arredondo Chapter welcomes male, female, members and nonmembers of DAR, adult leaders and their youth groups, high school students and all others who are interested. Call Cheryl Thurman at 806-352-8605 for more information.

Family Support Services’ third annual Mardi Gras Party will be from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Sunset Center, 3701 Plains Blvd. The party will feature music by Patrick Swindell & Pizzazz, a Cajun buffet catered by Chez L.A., casino games, a costume contest, silent auction and an opportunity to win a trip to New Orleans.

Tickets are $40 each or two for $75; tables of eight are $250. For information or reservations, contact Joette Campbell at 806-342-2503 or jcampbell@fss-ama.org.

“Sharks on the Internet: Protect Yourself and Those You Love” will be the program topic for the lunch meeting of Amarillo Women’s Network at 11:45 a.m. Feb. 24 at the Amarillo Club, Chase Tower, 31st floor, 600 S. Tyler.

Guest speaker will be April Leming, executive director of The Bridge Children’s Advocacy Center. She will discuss making the Internet safer for children, the profile of an online predator, and Facebook, Twitter and Internet lingo. Cost is $12 per person, and reservations are due by Tuesday to Loretta Williams at 806-374-5058 or loretta.williams@suddenlink.net.

The Amarillo Senior Citizens Association will host Beginning Line Dance classes from 9:30 to 11 a.m. each Wednesday Feb. 22 through April 11. Cost is $10 for ASCA members, $25 for nonmembers. Call Charlene at 806-463-1662 for information or to register.

The Highland Park Education Foundation is sponsoring a Boots and Bling fundraiser at 7 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Azteca Music Hall with proceeds to go toward scholarships for graduates of Highland Park. Events will include a steak or fish dinner, dance music by The Swingin’ Doors, Diamond Dig sponsored by Janus Jewels and a silent auction. Tickets are $100 per couple.

For tickets or information, contact Cindy Spanel at 806-206-3912, Mike Brown at 806-322-3711, or visit www.ahpeducationfoundation.org.

Hospice Care of the Southwest is sponsoring free volunteer training 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 27 in the training room of Childers Place, 6600 Killgore Drive, east of the Discovery Center near Medical Park Lake. Training will include how to be an administrative and/or patient care volunteer; introduction to hospice, role of a volunteer and safety; anddeath and dying, grief, bereavement, confidentiality and HIPAA.

Light breakfast and lunch will be provided. RSVP on or before Feb. 23. Contact Susan Thomason, 806-350-8272 or susanthomason@hospicesouthwest.com.

The Amarillo Montessori Academy will have its annual fundraising event, “Extravaganza 2012: A Night of Discovery,” 5 to 7:30 p.m. March 3 at the Discovery Center. It is open to the public for a nominal fee.

The Alzheimer’s Educational Conference 2012 will be 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 1 in the Amarillo College West Campus Lecture Hall. Topics of the event — designed for social workers, LPCs, LMFTs, psychologists, nurses, mental health professionals, nursing home professionals, students, senior adults, family members and caregivers — are Compassion Fatigue and Caregiver Burnout, National Association of Social Work Standards of Care for Caregivers and Demonstration of the new Caregiver Teleconnection.

Featured speakers are Carol Sutton Zernial, executive director of WellMed Charitable Foundation, and Dr. James Huysman.

Cost is $30, $20 for students. Caregiver scholarships are available. Sponsors are The Cottages at Quail Creek, WellMed Charitable Foundation, Panhandle Area Health Education Center and Amarillo College. For more information and caregiver scholarship information, contact Tracy Sommers at 806-373-5315 or tracy.sommers@alz.org.

America’s Cover Miss and Cover Boy, USA is sponsoring a contest at 2 p.m. March 3 at Westgate Mall. There will be eight age divisions for girls 0-25 years and three divisions for boys 0-6 with two winners for each age group and two overall winners. Registration begins at 1 p.m. Call 972-552-9954 or email txcovermiss@yahoo.com for more information.

Texas Business Women of Amarillo issues an invitation to the March Texas Women to Watch Awards Luncheon 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 5 at ANB Plaza II, second-floor meeting room. Cost is $14, members $12. Contact Christina Barnett at cbarnett2000@gmail.com or 806-626-2889 to make reservations. Reservations are required by March 1.

St. Mary’s Cathedral will host an evening with Immaculée Ilibagiza, best-selling author of “Left To Tell, Discovering God Amongst the Rwandan Holocaust,” at 7 p.m. March 9 in the Civic Center Auditorium.

Ilibagiza has gained prominence at a speaker on peace, faith and forgiveness. In her book she tells of a traumatic transformation during the 1994 Rawandan genocide when she and seven other women spent 91 days huddled silently in the tiny bathroom of a pastor’s house while a rival faction slaughtered almost a million Rwandans.

Tickets are available online for $25 at www.stmarysamarillo.com or at the parish office, 1200 S. Washington St., during normal business hours Monday through Friday. Donations also can be made through the website or at the parish office. All the proceeds will benefit the Amarillo Agency for Women, Downtown Women’s Center, Eveline Rivers Sunshine Cottage, the Women’s Domestic Violence Shelter directed by Family Support Services, and Martha’s Home. Call 806-376-7204 for more information.

“Wound Care Management Update 2012” is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. March 30 at the Amarillo College Business & Industry Center, 1314 S. Polk St. The event will provide an update on current principles of wound healing, care, strategies and techniques for treating and managing challenging wounds that nurses and physical therapists see.

Information is available at 806-354-6085, fax 806-354-6080, or www.actx.edu/ch.

Speaker Naomi Feil will present “Meet Me in My Time, A Validation Therapy Workshop” at the Senior Ambassadors Coalition’s annual Spring Eldercare Conference for senior adults and their caregivers at 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 12 in the Lecture Hall of the Amarillo College West Campus, 6222 W. Ninth Ave. Registration fees are $25 and $15 for students and senior adults. Scholarships are available for senior adults.

Other sponsors of the event are Geriatric Education Center of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, The Pavilion at Northwest Texas Healthcare System, The Cottages and Amarillo College. For more information, contact Grace Blunt-Massey with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at 806-356-4637 or grace.blunt@ttuhsc.edu.

The Texas Nurses Association District 2 Nurses’ Week Recognition Banquet is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. April 23 in the BSA auditorium on the second floor of the hospital at 1600 Wallace Blvd. Featured speaker will be Alexia Green, professor and dean emeritus of the Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock. Her topic will be an update on the future of nursing.

How to register and the cost to attend will be announced in the future. Contact Becky Hunter at 806-354-1399 or becky.hunter@nwths.com for more information.